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Japan ready to lead in building free and open Indo-Pacific
KUALA LUMPUR: Japan intends to take a leadership role in building a free and open Indo-Pacific, which will be the pillar for the prosperity of the region, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (pix) said. “Japan will, together with Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
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Bahrain Embassy in KL open Book of Condolences for late PM
KUALA LUMPUR: The Embassy of Bahrain in Malaysia has opened a Book of Condolences for signing from today to Thursday, in view of the passing of the country’s Prime Minister Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa last week. The embassy, in its statement, said the
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UN Chief urges G20 to fill financing gap of US$28 Billion needed to fund ACT
NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on the Group of 20 (G20) countries to fill the financing gap of US$28 billion needed to fund the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator) and its facility. In a
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Trump fires US Cybersecurity Chief
WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump tweeted on Tuesday that Chris Krebs has been terminated as director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “The recent statement by Chris Krebs on the security of the 2020 Election was highly inaccurate
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ASEAN 2020: Russia ready to boost cooperation in epidemiology
MOSCOW: The Asia-Pacific region has a very high rate of COVID-19 infections and Russia stands ready to share experience in the fight against the pandemic, said Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin noted that the Asia-Pacific region has over 20 million coronavirus patients, which
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Nasa, SpaceX launch first crew rotation mission to space
WASHINGTON: The SpaceX “Resilience” Crew Dragon manned mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, reported Sputnik news agency according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). “The Crew-1 mission has lifted
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Plane carrying humanitarian aid crashes in Guatemala, killing 2
GUATEMALA CITY: At least two people were killed on Sunday when a small plane airlifting food to victims of tropical storm Eta crashed, reported Xinhua news agency, quoting the Municipal Firefighters of Guatemala City. The plane crashed around noon, minutes
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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 50 mln — Johns Hopkins University
NEW YORK: Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 50 million on Sunday, reported Xinhua news agency, based on data from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The global case count reached 50,052,204, with a total of 1,253,110 deaths
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Kamala Harris: First US woman vice president-elect
ANKARA: With Joe Biden the projected winner of the 2020 White House race, his running mate, Kamala Harris, is set to mark several firsts in Americas’ political history despite being the first woman vice president-elect. Harris, 56, also makes history
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President-elect Biden pledges unity in victory speech
WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden officially declared victory Saturday, pledging to be a president who will work to mend the nation’s divisions and “make America respected around the world again” Anadolu Agency reported. “The people of this nation have spoken,
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